by Jule Kucera | May 4, 2019 | Blog
Last week, I argued with reality: “She shouldn’t just push her empty plate at me and expect me to pick it up.” “He should help, or at least call.” “I should be making more progress on my book.” Every ‘should’ pointed to an argument with reality. Arguments with reality...
by Jule Kucera | Apr 27, 2019 | Blog
I am back at my mom’s again, this time by automobile rather than airplane because I don’t know how long I will need to be here. On other trips I have come out of obligation (could she tell?), with silent wishes for a mother different from the one I have (could she...
by Jule Kucera | Apr 20, 2019 | Blog
“What thoughts do I allow myself to think at breakfast?” I read that recently somewhere. I thought it was in one of Steven Pressfield’s Writing Wednesdays blog posts but can’t find it now. The point the author was making was that in service of fulfilling our...
by Jule Kucera | Apr 14, 2019 | Blog
The third question: Aren’t you afraid you’ll get writer’s block? Writer’s block doesn’t frighten me. This is not because I view myself as exceptional or immune. I am not afraid of writer’s block for the same reason I am not afraid of talker’s block: it doesn’t exist,...
by Jule Kucera | Apr 7, 2019 | Blog
According to a 2014 study by the RAND Corporation, 49% of single women will not have enough savings for retirement, compared to 20% of married couples and 35% of single men. The second question: How did you do it? Meaning: How did you afford it? There are things I...
by Jule Kucera | Apr 2, 2019 | Blog
In the process of transitioning out of full-time employment, there were three questions I was asked consistently. The first came from people around my age and they asked it only when no one else was around: How did you know it was time? The second was asked only by...
